Shift: Monday - Friday; 6:30am to 5pm Department: Operating Room UH Compensation:
MU Healthcare is looking for a dynamic Nurse Supervisor to lead our preoperative and postoperative team! If you are a passionate, collaborative leader with a commitment to excellence in patient care, this is the opportunity for you. We seek someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, demonstrates clinical expertise, and inspires others to achieve exceptional outcomes for our surgical patients. Your ability to foster teamwork and communication will be key as you work alongside multidisciplinary teams to ensure the highest levels of patient satisfaction. Join us in our mission to provide outstanding care, and help shape the future of healthcare at MU! At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. We believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger - to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine. Our academic health system - the only in mid-Missouri - is home to multiple hospitals, including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here, you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions - with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way. Learn more about MU Health Care. Learn more about living in mid-Missouri.
Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one
Generous paid leave and paid time off, including nine holidays
Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years
Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%)
Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more
See a comprehensive list of benefitshere.
DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION
- Coordinate, facilitate, and manage change efforts for specialty areas including instrumentation, sterile processing, equipment, material management and vendors, and case card management.
- Serves as the clinical resource and point of contact for specialty service surgeons for coordinating and planning advanced procedures including specific equipment and instrumentation requests.
- Assess, develop, plan, implement, and evaluate projects for specialty service including creating and managing detailed proposals for a project, research-evidence-based data, and improvement of patient care.
- Negotiate and collaborate with stakeholders (surgeons, administration, and staff).
- Facilitate a consultative role to serve as a resource to staff for equipment, procedures, and staffing within the specialty area.
- Mentor and coach others to improve performance, enhance skills and develop career opportunities including conflict resolution and counseling techniques.
- Maintain current knowledge of educational principles within the surgical services specialty area.
- Educate and teach concepts, skills, equipment, and processes in specialty areas utilizing relevant technology.
- Provide direct care by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care to an assigned group of patients.
- Maintains the standards of nursing care and implements the policies and procedures of the hospital and assigned nursing department.
- Plan, direct, and participate in education of the patient, family, community, and health professionals. Participate in nursing research, meetings, in-services, and quality and performance improvement groups. Perform the responsibilities of an Operation Room RN as needed.
- Serve as a professional leadership role model, resource, and coach to nursing staff providing ongoing support for professional development, adherence to patient and family-centered care, and quality outcomes.
- Support the OR manager and co-management team through activities including hiring, staff development, evaluation of staff competencies, employee engagement, and staff coaching. Systematically review and document staff work-in-progress to ascertain expectations and clinical competencies. Complete monthly rounding and quarterly GROW discussions with staff members.
- Develop, coordinate, and maintain daily staffing schedules to ensure the appropriate level of unit coverage and continuity of care.
- Monitor time and attendance in alignment with MU Health Care policies and practices, ensuring accuracy of records and timely submittal/approval for payroll purposes.
- May complete unit/department specific duties as outlined in department documents.
Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN. When primary state of residency changes, compact state RNs must apply under new state of residency within thirty (30) days. One (1) year of operating room or surgery RN experience.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR) certification by the Competency & Credentialing Institute (CCI).
Supervisory experience.
Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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MU Health Care
dental insurance, paid time off, tuition assistance
Aug 14, 2025